Andy Murray disagrees with Djokovic’s coach over ‘silly’ Alcaraz remark

Andy Murray is in disagreement with Novak Djokovic‘s coach, Goran Ivanisevic, over whether or not Carlos Alcaraz‘s Wimbledon win symbolises the beginning of a brand new period in males’s tennis. In prevailing at SW19, the prodigious Spaniard inflicted Djokovic’s first defeat on Centre Court for over a decade.

Very few have gone to warfare with Djokovic on the All England Club and are available out victorious. This 12 months, the Serb was gunning for a record-equalling eighth males’s title, and he appeared nigh on invincible en path to the ultimate.

Once there, world No 1 Alcaraz emerged triumphant in an epic five-set battle to notch the second Grand Slam win of his profession. Even so, Ivanisevic refused to entertain discuss that it meant the beginning of a model new period.

“Those stories are already a bit stupid,” he informed Sportske Novosti. “The change of generation has been going on for six or seven years.

“If we have a look at [Daniil] Medvedev, [Andrey] Rublev, [Karen] Khachanov, [Denis] Shapovalov, Felix [Auger-Aliassime], [Jannik] Sinner, Alcaraz, [Holger] Rune… Alcaraz has been right here for 2 years, however, let’s say, Medvedev has been right here for 5 – 6 years, he’s 27 years previous. They will not be from yesterday.”

By comparison, Murray is more convinced that Alcaraz’s grass-court triumph represented a changing of the guard. “You might argue it’s the beginning of a brand new period,” he informed The Times.

Returning to motion on the Citi Open earlier this week, Murray made it previous Brandon Nakashima in straight units however in the end fell towards top-seeded American Taylor Fritz.

The Scot’s subsequent outing shall be in Canada subsequent week as he continues his hard-court preparation forward of the US Open, which will get underway on the finish of August.